Trattoria Al Forno, a stone's throw from BoardWalk Inn, is a popular choice for pasta, while across the Crescent Lake, the Yachtsman Steak House serves a Kansas City strip that's guaranteed to give you the meat sweats.

And so it has begun - the Christmas gorge - the sweets, turkey and alcohol fest that is the run-up to and the aftermath of December 25 which becomes a week of sugar highs, meat sweats and drink downers.

Yes, finally the world's dominant culture has absorbed us into its increasing impressive folds of flab, where we're not happy that we've achieved true value for money unless we have meat sweats and shame in our hearts.

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